Controversial author David Montaigne predicts the world will end this year

In his 2013 book "End Times and 2019: The End of the Mayan Calendar and the Countdown to Judgment Day", Montaigne claims it is written in the stars that this year will be humanity's last.

He says a particular alignment of the stars described by biblical writers and races like the Maya marks Judgement Day.

That alignment will happen in December this year according to Montaigne, sparking a string of apocalyptic events over seven days.

He writes on his website: "On December 21, 2019, survivors will experience the first day of a pole shift – when the entire surface of the planet will shift out of position and move over the more fluid layers beneath the crust.